I have known those wasters well, and have studied all their tricks for turning a dirty half-crown.

That hen was, Nibletts whispered to me, for fear my aunt should overhear, "a waster."

Defiant still of Fortune's power, his thoughts at last found vent, For Fortune had been cruel, and in words of discontent, As if he blamed the serpent upon his shield displayed, The torrent of his heart broke forth and in wrath the warrior said: "O wasters of the brightest hope I knew in years long past!